Soviet–Japanese War

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The Soviet–Japanese War was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia, as well as northern Korea, Karafuto on the island of Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The Soviet Union's declaration of war helped bring about the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II by undermining Japanese plans to appeal to Moscow to mediate an end to the war on favorable terms.

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